You are most likely using Netfilter, aka IPTables, if you are running a recent Linux distro. Most firewalls supplied with hosting control panels or simple setup scripts fail to take advantage of some of the more advanced features available. A feature…
Tag: security
checkrestart – Is your debian secure after an update?
After the heartbleed bug that made everyone upgrade their OpenSSL installations in fear of hackers getting access to login information I noticed that more and more comments with questions like “Did you restart the service after you patched it?”. Even…
Change the Default Listening Port for SSH
Security by obscurity is a known term in the world of computers and one way to make it more troublesome for people trying to bruteforce your VPS is to change the Port that ssh listens to, follow these simple steps…
Java Security Settings
Introduction With the latest Java updates the security settings has been set at a higher level by default and there are many websites that now experience problems with some older Java applets that no longer works. This is a common…